Folding clothes-bar



(No Model.)

D. M. PIOKETT.

FOLDING CLOTHES BAR.

No. 363,081. Patented May 17, 1887.

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FOLDING CLOTH ES-I-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,081, dated May 17, 1887. Application filed July 25, 1885. Serial No. 172,634. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID M. PIOKETT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the to wn ofDea-rborn, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Clothes-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in the construction of folding clothesbars.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe parts, all of which are fully set forth in the following description, reference being madetothe annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the clothesbars with four of the sets of arms 0 open and the remaining arms folded, the dotted lines showing the position of said arms when open. Fig. 2 is a side view of the head A, showing the mode ofconnecting the arms 0 to the standards B by means ofthe hinge a and to the head A by means of the pin 1). Fig. 3isa plan view of head A, showing part of arm 0, with pin 1) in position in the slot e.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the metallic head, which is of annular form to surround the standard 1, and which is formed with a series of V-shaped arms, a, between each pair of which is formed a slot, 6, to re ccive the inner end of one of the bars 0. The outer ends of the arms a are connected by a continuous ring, a upon which bars (J rest when extended horizontally. By virtue of this form of the head it is capable of being made in a single simple casting at slight initial cost.

B represents the outer standards, designed to support the outer end of the arms 0 when the arms are open.

0 represents the arms, the outer ends of which are secured to standard 13 by means of hinge a, and the inner ends of the same resting in the slot e, in which they slide when opening or folding the rack.

a represents any suitable hinge for connecting the arm 0 to the standard B. 1) represents the pin, passing through the inner end of the arm O in such a way as to prevent it from being drawn out of the slot 6 when opening or folding the bars.

6 represents the slots in the head A, of which there may be any suitable number for receiving the arms 0.

I am fully aware that the principle ofa folding clothes-bar is not new; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the central standard, the heads mounted thereon and provided with slots for the reception of the arms, the sliding arms secured within said slots by pins, which prevent their withdrawal therefrom, and the standards hinged to the outer ends of the arms, all as specified.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix myhand and seal this 21st day of July, 1885.

J ASPER O. GATES, Geo. W. RADFORD. 

